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Tuesday, June 04, 2013  The reward for information on the whereabouts of Crystal Hendrix has increased to $1400.

Friday, May 31, 2013  Updated with video; Officials gave the first glimpse of the pot they seized during what they call the biggest drug raid in South Georgia during a press conference in Tifton on Thursday.

Wednesday, May 29, 2013  Tift County Sheriff's deputies have made an arrest after responding to a call of shots fired.

Friday, May 24, 2013  Updated with video; Just days after a failed start to a neighborhood watch program, Tift County Commissioner Melissa Chevers says dozens of people showed up on Thursday for a second-chance meeting.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013  Investigators with the Tift County Sheriff’s Office along with members of the US Marshall’s Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force say they have arrested 36-year-old Charlie Frank Branner Junior of Vidalia along with 31-year-old Kristen Caprie Johnson of Reidsville.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013  A multi-jurisdictional drug bust has netted officers in Tift County $121,000 in cash.

Saturday, May 18, 2013  Updated with video; Tift County Commissioner Melissa Chevers and Captain Dennis Reese with the Tift County Sheriff's Office have joined forces to implement a Neighborhood Crime Watch on the south side of the county.

Monday, May 13, 2013  Tift County Sheriff Gene Scarbrough has announced that his office's Criminal Investigation Division has arrested fourteen people over the past two months after extensive investigations into the crime of identity theft and other types of fraud.

Friday, May 10, 2013  The Tift County Sheriff's Office needs your help finding a missing person.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  Officials pick up a second suspect believed to have been involved in an armed robbery that led U.S. Marshals to hunt and capture Shorofsky Horton and Matanya Miller near Tift Regional Medical Center.

Monday, May 06, 2013  Officials with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation have released details about a Friday shooting that caused a lockdown at the Tift Regional Medical Center.

Friday, April 26, 2013  The Tifton Gazette is reporting that two shootings occurred in Tifton Friday morning.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  Updated with video; Officials with the Tift County Sheriff's Office and Sheriff's Association have accepted a check of $25,000 from a generous donor. Clarence Smith, of Tift County, donated gifted the $25,000 check to help with operation costs at the Sheriff's Boys Ranch in Hahira.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  Tift County Sheriff's deputies need your help after a wallet theft occurred Sunday.

Friday, March 22, 2013  The Tift County Sheriff's Office have confirmed that two people were shot Friday afternoon.